Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

The State Fire Marshal shall remove from his or her approved list the name of any flame-retardant chemicals, flame-retardant fabric or material or any flame-retardant application concern where he or she finds after a hearing that any of the following causes exists: (a) Selling or…

The name of any chemical, chemical concern or flame-retardant application concern whose name has been removed from the approved list shall not be restored to the approved list for a period of 90 days from the date of the removal.

The name of any chemical, chemical concern or flame-retardant application concern shall not be restored to the approved list until a new application, accompanied by a new registration fee, has been filed with the State Fire Marshal.

With the advice of the State Fire Advisory Board, the State Fire Marshal shall prepare and adopt rules and regulations establishing minimum standards and specific procedures for the approval of flame-retardant chemicals, flame-retardant materials and flame-retardant applicator co…

(a) Any chemical manufacturing concern, or any flame-retardant application concern, or any concern marketing a flame-retardant fabric or material that desires to have its name appear on the approved list shall first make application to the State Fire Marshal on forms provided by …

(a) The annual and renewal registration fee period for chemical manufacturing concerns, concerns marketing a flame-retardant fabric or material, and general applicators shall be for the fiscal year period from July 1 to June 30 or for the remaining portion thereof. (b) The annual…

(a) The State Fire Marshal shall remove from the approved list the names of all chemicals, chemically treated fabrics or materials and the names of all flame-retardant general applicator concerns for which renewal registration fees have not been paid prior to May 1 of each year. …

All money collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the State Fire Marshal Licensing and Certification Fund established pursuant to Section 13137, and shall be available to the State Fire Marshal upon appropriation by the Legislature to carry out the purposes of th…

“Nonambulatory persons” means persons unable to leave a building unassisted under emergency conditions. It includes any person who is unable, or likely to be unable, to physically and mentally respond to a sensory signal approved by the State Fire Marshal, or an oral instruction …

(a) All of the following building standards shall apply to any single-story building housing nonambulatory persons which is operated as a residential care facility for the elderly and licensed to care for more than six persons: (1) The entire building shall have installed a State…

Every person, firm, or corporation maintaining or operating any facility for the care of the mentally handicapped shall file a statement with the fire authority having jurisdiction within five days of the admission or readmission of a patient stating that such patient is an ambul…

(a) Within a very high fire hazard severity zone designated by the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 4201) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code and within a very high hazard severity zone designate…

(a) The State Fire Marshal shall develop and adopt regulations establishing new occupancy classifications and specific fire safety standards appropriate for residential facilities, as defined in Section 1502, and residential care facilities for the elderly, as defined in Section …

The State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations for alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facilities, as defined in Section 11834.11, based on whether the residents or patients of the facilities are nonambulatory, as defined in Section 13131, and not based on the age of r…

(a) The State Fire Marshal Licensing and Certification Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. All money in the fund is available for the support of the State Fire Marshal upon appropriation by the Legislature. All moneys collected by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to this…

(a) For state agencies, local agencies, or private entities that are charged for the costs of fire and life safety building code inspections and related fire and life safety activities rendered by the State Fire Marshal, such as plan review, construction consulting, fire watch, a…

(a) On or before January 1, 2008, the State Fire Marshal shall approve and list portable gasoline containers that are designed and constructed according to one of the following child-resistant standards: (1) Construction and design standards that are substantially the same as the…

There is hereby created in the Office of the State Fire Marshal a State Board of Fire Services, which shall consist of 18 members. The State Board of Fire Services succeeds to all of the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the State Fire Advisory Board, which is hereby abolis…

(a) The board shall be composed of 18 voting members, 4 of whom shall serve ex officio and 14 of whom shall be appointed by the Governor, as described in subdivisions (b) and (c). (b) The following members shall serve ex officio and may assign a designee to serve as a proxy on th…

A quorum of the board shall consist of not less than 10 members of the board. Except as provided in Section 13140.5, proxy representation shall not be permitted.

The State Fire Marshal shall act as chairperson of the board and provide necessary staff services. A vice chairperson shall be selected by majority vote of the members.

The board shall meet at the call of the State Fire Marshal, or at the request of any two members, but not less than annually, and shall receive no salary. Board members shall be paid actual and necessary expenses related to activities of the board. Meetings of the board shall be …

The board, shall from time to time make full and complete studies, recommendations, and reports to the Governor and the Legislature for the purpose of recommending establishment of minimum standards with respect to all of the following: (a) Physical requirements, education and tr…

(a) The board, under the direction of the vice chairperson, shall sit as a board of appeals on the application of the State Fire Marshal’s regulations excepting application of building standards published in the California Building Standards Code, by the State Fire Marshal or his…

When the board sits as a board of appeals: (a) The State Fire Marshal shall not sit as a member of the board. (b) A member of the board shall not sit as a member or participant in the decision of any particular appeal if that member has a financial or other interest which would i…

(a) Except as provided in Section 18930, the State Fire Marshal, with the advice of the State Board of Fire Services, shall prepare, adopt, and submit building standards for approval pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.5 of Division 13 and shall prepar…

(a) Except as provided in Section 18930, the State Fire Marshal, with the advice of the State Board of Fire Services, shall prepare, adopt, and submit building standards for approval pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.5 of Division 13 establishing min…

(a) Except as provided in Section 18930, the State Fire Marshal shall adopt, amend, and repeal fire safety rules and regulations, and, except as otherwise provided in this part and Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 17910) of Division 13, the State Fire Marshal shall enforce build…

The State Fire Marshal or any local public entity shall not charge any fee for enforcing the provisions of Section 13143 or regulations adopted pursuant thereto with respect to facilities providing nonmedical board, room, and care for six or less children which are required to be…

The State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations to authorize National Fire Protection Association 704 Standard System Diamonds, as provided in the 1985 Edition of the National Fire Protection Association 704, Standard System for Identification of Fire Hazards of Materials, be disp…

(a) Notwithstanding Part 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division 12, Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 17910) of Division 13, and Part 2.5 (commencing with Section 18901) of Division 13, any city, county, or city and county may, by ordinance, make changes or modifications t…

(a) Except as provided in Section 18930, the State Fire Marshal, with the advice of the State Board of Fire Services, shall prepare and adopt regulations establishing minimum standards for the prevention of fire and for the protection of life and property against fire in any buil…

(a) Except as provided in Section 18930, the State Fire Marshal, in consultation with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, shall prepare and adopt regulations establishing minimum standards for the prevention of fire and for the protection of life and property agains…

In case of conflict between the State Fire Marshal and the local enforcement agency in the interpretation or application of the provisions, regulations, or building standards of the State Fire Marshal by local enforcement agencies as they pertain to community care facilities, upo…

(a) The State Fire Marshal shall, in carrying out Section 13143, prepare, adopt, and submit building standards and other fire and life safety regulations for approval pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.5 of Division 13 establishing minimum requirement…

The State Fire Marshal shall prepare in book or bulletin form excerpts of the laws, rules, and regulations dealing with fire and panic safety and may make single copies of such laws, rules, and regulations available, without cost, to California fire officials and to owners and ma…

(a) Except as provided in Sections 18930 and 18933, the State Fire Marshal shall biennially prepare and publish listings of construction materials and equipment and methods of construction and of installation of equipment, together with the name of any person, firm, corporation, …

Any person, firm, corporation, association, or similar organization desiring listing pursuant to Section 13144.1 shall, prior to placement on any list or revision thereto, make an original or annual renewal application to the State Fire Marshal on forms provided by the State Fire…

The annual and renewal listing established by Section 13144.2 shall be for the fiscal year period from July 1 to June 30 or for the remaining portion thereof. All moneys collected from original and annual renewal fees pursuant to Section 13144.2 shall be deposited in the State Fi…

The State Fire Marshal may adopt regulations to implement, interpret, make specific or otherwise carry out the provisions of Sections 13144.1, 13144. 2, and 13144.3.

The State Fire Marshal shall prepare and conduct voluntary regular training sessions devoted to the interpretation and application of the laws and rules and regulations in Title 19 and Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations relating to fire and panic safety. The training …

The State Fire Marshal, the chief of any city, county, or city and county fire department or district providing fire protection services, or a Designated Campus Fire Marshal, and their authorized representatives, shall enforce in their respective areas building standards relating…

(a) The responsibility for enforcement of building standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal and published in the California Building Standards Code relating to fire and panic safety and other regulations of the State Fire Marshal shall be as follows: (1) The city, county, or c…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 13146, the State Fire Marshal, or the State Fire Marshal’s authorized representative, shall inspect every jail or place of detention for persons charged with or convicted of a crime, unless the chief of any city, county, or city and county fire departm…

(a) Every city, county, or city and county fire department or district providing fire protection services required by Sections 13145 and 13146 to enforce building standards adopted by the State Fire Marshal and other regulations of the State Fire Marshal shall, annually, inspect …

(a) A city, county, or city and county fire department or district providing fire protection services shall inspect every building used as a public or private school within its jurisdiction, for the purpose of enforcing regulations promulgated pursuant to Section 13143, not less …

(a) Every city or county fire department, city and county fire department, or district required to perform an annual inspection pursuant to Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 shall report annually to its administering authority on its compliance with Sections 13146.2 and 13146.3. (b) T…

The provisions of Sections 13145, 13146 and 13146.3 shall, so far as practicable, be carried out at the local level by persons who are regular full-time members of a regularly organized fire department of a city, county, or district providing fire protection services, and shall n…

If the governing body of a city, county, or city and county fire department or district providing fire protection services relies on an all-volunteer fire department for the provision of fire protection services pursuant to Sections 13145, 13146, 13146.2, and 13146.3, they may do…

The regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13143 shall require that the new construction of any school building for which review and approval is required under subdivision (a) of Section 39140 of the Education Code include the placement of fire hydrants and wa…